Alberto Blum

Testimony of Alberto Blum, born in Istanbul, Turkey, 1924, regarding his experiences in Milan and with the Italian partisans His family's life in Istanbul before the war; his family's move to Milan, Italy, after the death of his father and brother; attitude of the local population. German occupation of Italy, and his move in the direction of Switzerland, 1943; meets with Italian partisans en route and joins the partisans; receives the nickname Claudio among the partisans; life among the partisans including operational activities; preparation of an airfield for the benefit of the British, and the shelling of the airfield by the Germans; detention and imprisonment; move to Switzerland after the liberation. Return to Italy at the end of the war; aliya to Israel, May 1948.